Posts by Kat
Int. Quilt Market ’25: My Favorite Booths
Years ago, I used to love to walk up & down all the rows of boothes, just loving the visual beauty of the floor. But ever since Covid, the large booth exhibits at Quilt Market have been greatly diminished! Not only were the displays smaller, but they were also much more basic & minimalistic. But…
Read Morethe November’25 Eye Candy Showcase
So here we go… it’s time for another “Eye Candy Showcase”, this one for October’25! And WOW! What a nice variety of our bag designs are represented in this month’s showcase! So… if you’re ready for some eye-popping fun… Let’s get to it! So… the 1st bag in this month’s Showcase…
Read MoreSeen at Show: International Quilt Festival ’25
So… even though I’ve been in business for 20+ years, I STILL get a big kick out of seeing our customers carrying bags they’ve made from our patterns! And what better place to “spy” these customers than at a retail trade show, right? And you know what? we spied EIGHTEEN of our bags “walking the…
Read MoreInt. Quilt Market ’25: the Recap
It’s doesn’t seem possible, but it was eighteen years ago when we first ventured to Houston, TX for our very first Fall Quilt Market. The way I figure it, we’ve spent close to 8 months of our lives living in downtown Houston, & by now we may well know more about the downtown Houston area…
Read MorePPC34: Antique Machines
So… here’s our latest incarnation for our new pattern design! Turns out- I’ve had this fabric for quite some time, & just recently realized that it’s got near perfect dimensions for this new design! 🙂 I’ll tell you more about it at the end of this post, but for now, let me tell you about…
Read Morethe October’25 Eye Candy Showcase
So here we go… it’s time for another “Eye Candy Showcase”, this one for October’25! And this Showcase includes several of our newest design, the Cignet Phone Pal! So… if you’re ready for some eye-popping fun… Let’s get to it! Jan Humphreys added a “Convertible Strap” to her Sling Along so she could have the…
Read MoreHow Do YOU Relax?
So… I’ve been on the lookout for some time for a pasttime I could take up that could serve as a calming & relaxing respite from… well, LOTS of things! I’ve tried several things, such as: Adult Coloring Books- but my propensity for perfectionism was my undoing. I found that I rarely finished a picture…
Read MorePPC34- Twilight Dance
So… in our last post, i showed you the first true sample of this new design. Oh, there were still some little details I wanted to revisit, but nothing that I can point out in pictures! All in all, I’m very happy with this sample! Here’s the Bag Front, with a full-width zippered pocket. Zippers…
Read MorePPC34: Steampunking it
So… in our last post in this, our 34th edition of Purse Pattern Chronicles, I revealed our original sketches & ideas for this new design, as well as pictures of our 1st prototype. And even though I indicated that I was pretty pleased with our 1st effort, there were definitely some things that I wanted…
Read MorePPC34: Sketches & a Prototype
So… It’s that time again! It’s time to start yet another edition of Purse Pattern Chronicles (our XXth edition of this series)! So hard to believe that this is our XXth pattern! The thing I love best about starting a new pattern, is that all things are still possible on this day. Nothing is locked…
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